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A TERRIBLE OISASTER. TWO TllOlsANI) I'KIUSH IN HALIFAX FAPMWttOX. Onv of M??*t fearful IHsasler* in Hiv ?? ? of Viiii Hum t online in KenultM ti t ut (rid Number of Deaths and W klmnimil instruction After Omh .e.n IwMuceu i'vnih Munllioii vhlp iumI Iu Ik Ian lUllef VfMl? ^irtekcn Cii) filled Wllh I'cmpor n> HoapitnU Where Many More Mill We, Halifax, Pec. 7.?With the toll Of th steadily mounting it wti betlev ???I early thisj^ornlng that more titan J.fOO pereona perished In the explo el.>ri and firs Which followed the col Melon yesterday morning in Halifax harbor between a munition laden ei encji ship and another vessel hd with supplies for the Del glan relief ?esmatsaton. The disaster which has plunged the loa Into mourn Ins probably will rank aa the most fearful that ev ? r <>< eiirred on American continent. i;e- !' n'? of Malifax and thousandu < volunteer relief workers who have come Into the city have been almos. dased at the extent of the horror. Temporary n orguew have been es? tablished in inuny buildings In which a steady procession of vehicles of all kin Is have lieen carrying for hodVt the bodies of tuen, women and chil? dren. Mesa* dt them were so tlhtllSlI that they were unrecognisable. Thou I sands of persons seeking traces of rel? atives und friends have passed by the long, silent rows, attempting, by the flickering light of lamps and lanterns, to Identify the on en they sought. Virtually every building in the city which could b? converted into a hos? pital is tilled ? s it Ii wounded, many of theo? SO desperately Injured that ther;? Is no hope of their recovery. Hcores w already have died In these temporary itala An ever Increasing num I i???lng taken from the SOW pletsly devastated Richmond district to the relief stations. An army of rescue workers Is searching among H ? rains for bodies and for those mY.o have su v.<?d amidst the wreck aj:?? left by the explosion and fire. city waa In darkness tonight SXceSf for the flames from the fires soil burning In the wrecked build In the north end. The electri I and gas plants have been vir Iv destroyed. 0 Miere, sailors and police patrolt h > streets tonight and upon them the ma.'or portion of the burden ef searching for the dead and wound . I. > The flames swept area covers ap xlmately two and a half square i .lies. It begins at what is known as UN North stteet bridge extending rorth to Pier S on the Richmond we t front and bfjgH to a point running I trallel with M?llingen Street. Noth li a has been left standing In this sec Urn of ths city Only a pile of ouldering ruins marks the sped where the great building of the Amer l< an Sugar Henning Company stool. ? dry dock and all the buildings )<b surrounded it were destroyed. Richmond school that housed undreds of children was demolished ' it Is reported only three escaped, sdian oMc? rs who have seen long log in Prance characterizes th ? xlrophe a-4 the "most fearful < h has befallen any city In the ? Id." fj iief of Police Hanrahan late last " i ? t estimated the number of killed at 2.Ott and other city officials ex l UM belief that ItWOOjId exceed number. The coIIIhIoii which resulted In Ihn v ??ist dlauster in the h u g| the dominion occurred near I i In the narrows leading froir 1 hnrbor |g Redford Hasin. The (Wot si ip Mont Rlanc waw bound . New York for Redford Rasiti. ? the i '.i f ship lino, hound for i - rashed Into her. Mon J ine a*ns pierced on the -1 to the engine room. Tl ? ethos ship, which was only slight? damot.i I, backed away when I' 11 .? h bo,-st out on tie- muni!] on * I ip - l m i a ib.irnloncd by the crew The captain of the Mont .Rhuu- also H lere I hin crew to the boats as ho ' d an ? plosion was inevitable 1 H.on ? I ? d h e ? efore the tie Mtndoua blast 17 minutes l iter which .v the cu|i to pieces and wricked ? !t ? |mI| nf ; he eity. . Th* a^aShsSgS life of the city had *i >?? . i ??? the d i.v w'u-a the town lSS shaken In Its foundation kg th :d? on PsrSSfMI in the Streets wore t ked up btdily and hurled to th ? ground. Mouses In the Richmond sectloi: ? Mini ple<| op and collapsed, bury In <t their tenants. n the ii aie part of the city ttlji ? i M.r> buildings are chiefly of slone or SSJOrOtO tlie damage was confined tt i he shattering of windows and most I the ggggggjltftgg in this section w< I ? tSJgjgd by flying glass, in iiie g gf and northwest ends the unage was more extensive* It was in Richmond, however, opposite the I SM of th explosion, that the havo0 wan greatest. Whole blocks of dWelb logs. MtiU) of frame construction, w??e levelled Street after Street is in i huh .mil tni Structural left Stand log b> the explosion were destroy* I l?> tire w hi* h broke out m ma I tu neon M? !.\ in i score of places ami which it was impossible to che? K until they ha<l tanned themselves ??ut. It Is be ? lm>r<l scores of persons who had DM ? a .n aied b> the collapse ol their horn - s perished in the (lames. The Area in this district still arc smouhleriiiK to? night. Kl\e minutes after the explosion the streets in all parts of Halifax I r filled with frenzied, panic strick en throngs striving to reach the out *.iits i?) escape what they believed was a rani by a German lleet. Hun? dreds of them hail been cut by shat Itffd glass. In the Kichmond section the seem-; d deiied description. Seriously! Injured men and women crawled j from the wreckage of their homes and ?f in the streets until they were re I moved to hospitals. Those less se? riously hurt aided those more grave-1 Iv injured. In the streets were found the shattered bodies of many women anil children. Several children were < rushed to death when they were hurled against telegraph poles by tht lores of the explosion. In scores of cases occupants ol hon-, s who had escaped without in jurv were baffled by the flames In their h for members of thei , families and were forced to stand by j Impotently while what once had been i their homos beeeme funeral pyres for !o\ ed ones. j A government employee who made all speed to Pencil his home after the explosion found that his wife and fou--! lb lid i n had perished. His two year Old daughter had been killed while playing In the yard of her home. Among those killed were the chic! of the tire department and his depu? ty, v he were hQfled tO death when a engine exploded. Stores- of those who lost their lives! were children in the public schools In the north end. Many others suf? fered broken limbs and were rescued with difficulty. l*e Itaron Co'eman. manager of tin Canadian Express Company, was kill? ed when the reef of the Werth sta? tion collapsed. The work of relief was promptly organized. The Academy of Mas and many other public buildings wer? thrown open to house the homeless Every nook In available buildings was made ready within an hour to re? ceive the wounded. A steady stream of ambulances and automobiles ar? rived at hospitals which soon were filled to capacity with Injured. Doc? tors, nurses and volunteers toi'.ed ceaselessly In the work of succor Their ranks were soon swelled by others who arrived in constantly in? creasing numbers from nearby towns. It was before nlghtfull that 250 of the injured had died. Those who were only slightly Injured wero sent to their own homes or to those of friends. There were hundreds of cases of serious injury, however, and It is expected the death list will be I atlv increased. Assistance is asked from outside points. The supplies most needed are glass ?ar paper, heaver board, putty, bed? ding Btttd blankets. Tne mayors of all I towns In the province have been ask ' ad to rush supplies to Halifax. The force of the explosion was felt It Ti uro. 7 5 miles away, where win? dows were shattered. All telegranh and telephone wires were torn down and for wevral hours Halifax was completely leolated from the outside world The concussion shattered the big gas tanks of the city. All power I ' mts are out of commission and newspaper Offices have been so bad I) wrecked that publication Is Impos? slbto. Prank Maekle, pilot of the Mont Rln i . declared the oolHelon resulted from n confusion of whistles sounded b) Ilm Ii io. Ho believer the fire which cj used the explosion was due to the foot that the munitions ship < I ri Is I a deck load of benzine. \ IMMTICE HELD UP. ".i Mr i'm Inimnneea That Negotla? t on- 111 - Been Sn-pcnd d. London, !??<? I, Tin- Ruoslan gov* ernment, in ? dispatch dated Th?rs lay, < tlved here by wireless, an? neuneea thai Ins Bolehevlkl foreign - i. Lson Trolaky, has sent to all aim 1 smbaaslei and legations in Perograd 0 note intimating that ar n I ? cs negotiations with the central powera bnvs been suspended for a ?took, < IAn ii \s r>( \ it.d. i ncitnliimed llenoffl Comes from American Consul. Washington. De?. |,? The Amcii csn conrul of TlfUi today reported that i ranee was current that tin former czar of ftnSSSSl h: ?I . s .ip. ! though no coniirmatlon w..s report* Od No ether news was i".eivcd from Kuiisiu. M VI I III \l Til <'ONIHTIONH. Some I'aict- til veil in Preliminary lie* poH Of the HOUlh Carolina Hoard uf Hon Ith. Columbia, Doc, f .-?Im proved health condition! in South Carolina, due primarily to educative work along Itnee of proper sanitation and die east Pr?vention? arc noted in tin* ad-j vnnct sin i ts of tin* State Board of Health's reporl to the Qeneral As st mbly, roleaaed today. Although it Ktiii holds priority in mortality records, deaths from tu? berculosis this year were 1,304 agalnat 1,377 lael year, and 1.7;:.*. in 1116, Pellagra, which two years ago was second in the causes of death, this year shows a total mortality of o ily r. |4, Last year there were I?1 deaths reported from measles. Thi? increase, says the report, is due to the 1 influx of laborers building the can? tonments and the mobilization of sol? diers In the military camps. Las' year there were Iii'.* cases of infan? tile paralysis; this year there Were only 13 cases, from which S death resulted. The distribution of anti? toxin hai reduced the death rate from diphtheria, there being only 47 dur? ing the past ten months. M AY INCOME TAXES. l/ggfiarrled Men Pay Two Per Cent Above $1.000: Married Men $2,000. - Columbia. Doc. 8.? All single per-, sons receiving salaries of $20 a week or more come within the new war ta and all married persons drawing Weekly wans Of |3I or more are als . Included. Prom statistics regarding the tax a single person having an annual in OOms of $1,000 or more is- required to pay a tax of - per cent, on all over 11,000 a year he receives and a mar? ried man on all over $2,000. That It the unmarried man Who gets $30 ever) Saturday night actually/ receives an annual income of $1,040. He will have to pay the 2 per cent, tax on the $ H> which will lie 80 cents. The mar- ', rled man who has no children and re- | celVCS $40 a week realizes an annual income of $3,080. His 2 per cent, tax will be $1.00. It was yesterday explained at the office of the collector of Internal revenue that no matter if 1 person's income necessitates a tax of one cent, that one cent is to be paid, so that if Mr. Smith, the bachelor, has a yearly income of $1.001 he is to! pay 2 per cent on all over the $1,000. \ Many provisions are made in thej tax for dependents and exemptions tor many things . arc made. These' hems are set forth in the blanks which are to he furnished those who come within the tax. The tax collector will endeavor to obtain the names of ever\ pgfSJOn in the State who wdll be in? cluded in the income tax regulations and those persons will receive blanks, but If a person does not receive" a blank that does not excuse him from making returns and it is advised that all persons who feel that they are in? cluded should apply to the office of the Collector of Internal revenue the latter part of this month to lind out ust how they stand. Collector Heyward yesterday issued 1 statement in which he urged the public to acquaint themselves with the income tax law because ignorance Of the law's requirements in no way SSheves the responsibility from the moulders of the taxpayer. He advised that the blanks should be obtained, from his off.ee in a few weeks be cause returns are to he made between January 1, lois, and March I, 1318. The blank should he read over and OVOr carefully and a statement of*in? come for 1 'J 17 should be prepared be? fore it is entered by the taxpayer un? der the proper headings on the blank. If the blanks are not received by any persons coming under the tax law by Tanuary 10 application to the collec? tor's Office should he made. ?TOP RMPtiOYEKS PROM OHGAX IKING. llurlesou opposed to IHsdolAce Clerks Combining. Washington, Dec. 5.?-Postmaster | General Burleson In his annual re 1 ..... port, submitted to congress today, de? clares organisations of postal em? ployees are rapidly becoming a men- 1 teg to public welfare and recom? mends that congress repeal the law ?hat allows such employee! to main sin organisations, The law provide! that the employees may organise and become affiliated with other bodies SO long as they do not impose any i obligation to sngage or assist in a uike against tin- government. Guayaquil, Dec 8, Ecuador has severed diplomatic relations with Germany, according to an official an? nouneoment of the government today Madrid, Dee. s \ revolution has broken out in Lisbon, the capital Ol Portugal, according to a dispatch r? celved here bj wa> of Oporto. Out breaki are also said to in. 1 occurred 1 in Upurto. FAMINE IN Uli: < \\ < \si s. Thousands of Qkl Men, Women nnd Children Dying Frtnn Hunger In Ituseia. N>w York, 8.?Thousands of old nn ti. women and children who Bought refuge in the Caucasus from the barbarities of the Turks in Ar? menia are dying from hunger as a direct result of the overthrow of Urn Kassian provisional government, ac? cording to ;, cable message receive l December 2 by Secretary Lansing from P. Wllloughby smith. Ameri? can COnSUl at Tillis. Kassian Caucas? us, and made public here today by Ihe American committee ,,f Armen? ian and Syrian relief. In addition to the sums already promised by the New York committee $200,000 monthly will he required to Continue the relief \vo; k. Consul Smith sa\ s: Since the advent of the Maximal? ist government at retrograd." the cablegram tea.Is. "the situation of refugees In the Caucasus is tragic as no funds are available for the main? tenance of orphanages. starvation has begun. Orphanages and Asylums other than American have to he closed, leaving 10.000 or? phans and many old people to die Of starvation, homeless. The minimum estimate to keep up these institu? tions is 500,000 rubles monthly." A Unique ikvord. Home testimony for Doan's Kidney Kills, published In every locality, is of Itself convincing evidence of merit. Confirmed testimony forms still stronger evidence, Years age, a citi? zen of Bumter gratefully acknowl? edged the benefit derived from Doan's Kidney Pills. The statement is now confirmed?the proof more convinc? ing* Cases of this kind are plentiful in the work of Doan's Kidney Pills? the record is unique. W. Yeadon, '21 Haynsworth St., Bumter, says: "I suffered from dull, nagging backaches, and my kidneys acted too freely. I used Doan's Kid? ney Pills for these ailments, and they relieved me and toned up my whole System." (Statement given January 9, 1911.) Over four years later Mr. Yeadon said: "The benellt Doan's Kidney Pills gave me has been permanent." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's kidney nils?the same that Mr. Yeadon has twice publicly rec ommended. Foeter-Mllburn Co.. Props.. Buffalo. N. Y. ? Advt. TWO AMERICANS KILLED IN AC? TION. Washington. Dec. 5.? -den. Persh Ing today reported to the war depart? ment the names of two men killed in action in France, seven men se? verely wounded and four slightly wounded. The casualties occurred between Dec. 12 and IT. C.en. Pershing's message gave no details, but the nun are believed to have been with units oeeupylng front line trenches in Prance. Those killed were: Corporal Virgil <\. Winebrenner, infantry, Nov. 12, father. Andrew J Winebrenner, Marion, lnd. Private Peter Wojlalewlcz, infant? ry. Nov. 16; emergency address Mrs. Sallle Wojtalewlca, 1730 West Eight? eenth place. Chicago, [11. Those severely wounded included: Sergt. Harvey L, Hadhourne, In? fantry, Nov. 17. father. S. B. F\ Had? hourne, Jamesvllle, Ya. Private Benjamin H. Love, Infant? ry. Nov. IT. mother, Mrs. Ellen Al? len. Krandensburg, Ky. Private Andrew J. Henaley, infan? try. Nov. 13, father, .lohn Henaley, Raspberry,' Ark. Auul . , it Vj ? ? . W ft*, -v ? 9 Ufa MECTIAN1CS 360ArfTlCLE? 360 ILLUSTRATIONS BETTER THAN 1 EVER 15c a copy At Your Nowsdoalcr Yccuiy Subscription $1.50 Si v.d for cur neiv free cat - clog of mechanical book$ Popular Mechanics Magazine 6 North Michigan Avenue, Chic??? NKEII PXMt I VUM LOWS. Lifo Insurance Prealdciil Urged lo Aid Agriculture?$700,000,4)00 Already i hn? Employed. New York. Dec. 7.?Declaring that the life Insurance companies have be? come the largest distinguishable fac? tor in the farm loan business, Her? ibert Quick of the Federal Farm Loan I I Board, before the Eleventh Annual Convention of the Association of Life j Insurance Presidents here today, urg? ed the national need for the appor? tionment of still more of their funds for the financing of agricultural pro? duction. At present, he said, about $700,000,000 of policyholders1 reserves are employed in this activity. "No greater problem ever con? fronted the American people than the necessity of increasing productio n and the maintenance of permanent soil fertility," said Mr. Quick. "For the economic pinch is now upon us. It has come upon us almost with the suddenness of a thunderbolt. ".lust at the time when the popu? lation of the United States has reach? ed the point of absorbing almost to the danger point our agricultural pro ducts, there is thrown upon us by the terrors of an unparalleled war the task of not only supplying ourselves! hut for caring as best w e may for th? j wants of an equal number of people who are fighting our battles on the sanguinary fields of Europe and Asia. Just when production in the other a{S* ricultural countries of the world has been reduced to its lowest ebb, just when the transportation system of the | world has been requisitioned for the transport and supply of armies and is put daily in Jeopardy by the barbar? ous methods of a powerful and un? scrupulous enemy, the farms of th? United States are called upon to In? crease their production with a de? creased labor supply. "Hundreds of thousands, nay mil? lions of men. are withdrawn from i peaceful pursuits and enlisted not onlv In the army itself, but in that marvel? ous complex of industrial and trans? portation activities which constitute the enginery of war. The farms, short handed, are called upon for double duty. After the war millions of men will be returned to the pursuits of peace at a time of radical industrial and financial readjustments. The world will then have to be recon? structed and the healing of the WOUndS of civilization must be very largely brought about through an enlightened and radically new and progressive land and agricultural pol? icy. "The world calls upon us for a new and better agriculture now. After the war the situation will demand the most enlightened, far-sighted and broad-minded statesmanship. "The requirements Of agriculture after the war will he only partially financial problems. They trill he pre? dominantly land problsois The bring** Ing of unused land into use; briu;; inn ?p! partially used lands iuto fall ud complete us<-; the abolition of our terrible system of landlordism; the re? construction of rural life; the build? ing up of ? new kind of rural school, the conversion of the business of farming into ore in which a man of intellect and enterprise may be pioud to labor with bis own bands; the so? lution of our marketing questions; th I building up of a vast S) dem of co? operative enterprises among farmer* by means of which they shall be able to solve their problems. "There are financial problems of the greatest magnitude tfhloh oUgftC [to be carefully studied to he end that vigorous and far-reachir>;; measures may be adopted In orde* to meet tho needs of American agri ulture aft.i.* the war. The fact may be noted here that the life insurance companies of the United States, con manding asV they do the largest volv-vne of loan able funds* in existence h: ve loaned on real estate about one-tl rd of their funds. I am advised that 40 per cent, of these real estfl e loans aro on farm property. In amount, theso farm mortgage loans of the life insur? ance companies total about $700,000, 000. The insurance coi..panics havo thus recently become th largest dis? tinguishable factor in the farm loan business. In entering t lis field, the insurance companies ha e been true of the interests of their pollcyhold ers. I am of the opinb n that mo? 2 and more money of the lfe insurance companies ought to be oaned to the farmers in the interests of the compa? nies themselves, of their poicyholdera and of the nation. AMERICAN DESTROYER SFNK. Torpedoed in War Zon? and Half of Crew Perish. Washington, Dec. 8.?The Ameri? can destroyer Jacob Jones has been torpedoed in the war ?one. Halt of the crew perished. Thirty-seven survivor*, were taken off in rafts. The sin ing occurred December 6th at 8 o'cock at night, : while the ship was on patrol duty. She was commanded by Lieut. Com I mander David Worth L&gley, a broth ; er of the wife of Secret -y of the Navy Daniels. Lieut. Bagle. s brother was the first American offV r killed in the Spanish-American war The Jones' peace time complement was five petty officers and eighty-seven men. She eras one of the largest and newest American destroyers. Washington, Dec. S ?Dr. A. JTJv Melvin, chief of the Vtureou of^anl mal industry and kno vn as a leader In combatting the foe'; and mouth disease, died here lasl night of pul? monary hemorrhage. aged fifty five. The national Bank Of South Carolina Of Sumter Resources over $1.60( ,000.00. Tins Bank owes its growth to'the loyal support and hearty cooperation of its 2600 patrons. A bank is a COMMUNITY INTER? EST. Its mission is SERVICE. Its life is the Loyalty of il s Patrons. 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